TRUCK
8 picks and strikes between 10 and 12
7-5 First support
8 running hard and hit harder on 10 outside shoulder (vicious)
7-5 immediate support (quickness is the key), get over and secure the ball
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
World Rugby's lower tackle height is no longer a trial. It is law in community rugby from this season, and unions choose waist or base of the sternum. Here is how to retrain your defence.
Lower tackle heights leave the ball free for longer and change the breakdown contest. If your ruck work has not been updated this pre-season, you are coaching last season's game.
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